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'No. 694304. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

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oo oooooo "um m l i I UNITED STATES PATENT QE IC CHARLES S. BIRD AND JOHN B. HANSCOM, OF EAST IVALPOLE, MASSACHU- SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO F. \V. BIRD AND SON, OF EAST VALPOLE, MASSA- CHUSETTS, A FIRM COMPOSED OF CHARLES S. BIRD.

PACKAGE."

SPEC FIC I N forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 694,304, dated February 25, 1902..

Application filed January 25, 1902. Serial No. 91,232. (No model.)

To all whom i may 607106771: tion of parts whereby the objects of this in- Be it known that we, CHARLES S. BIRD and vention may be carried into effect, as shall JOHN B. HANSCOM, citizens of the United hereinafter be more fullydescribed,and point- States,residing at East Walpole, in the county ed out in the claims.

of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a view 55 invented certain new and useful Improveof aroll of roofing or building paper partially ments in Packages, of which the-following is cut away to show the open center or bore, the a specification, reference being had therein to packages supposed to respectively contain the accompanying drawings. nails, tin caps for the nails, and the adhesive to This invention relates to improvements in material for cementing the joints of the pa- 6o packages. per, also illustrating the preferred form of The invention more particularly relates to closures for the open ends of the bore and the improvements in combination-packages in securing-wire fixed to such closures. Fig. 2 which sheet or strip material adapted or inrepresents an enlarged view of the closures tended to be affixed to surfaces forms the conand the preferred means for securing them. 65 tainer for affixing or securing means of me- Similar numerals of reference designate chanical and adhesive nature. corresponding parts throughout.

The object of the invention is to provide a Roofing or building material of this nature selfcontained package including sheetor is applied by lapping the cemented edges of strip material, the mechanical securing apthe paper and securing them by nails driven 7o pliances, and adhesive material for cementing through tin or other thin metal caps and then the joints. coating the seams with cement. In order to Another object of the invention is to so coninsure reliable work, special nails and tin caps struct a package or roll of material that afare required and a special quality of cement fixing or securing means may be safely conis essential, and it is important that these be 75 tained therein. supplied with the paper as a complete outfit Another object of the invention is to so confor the work to be accomplished. In carrystruct a package comprising a roll of material ing this invention into practice it has been having a bore and closures for the bore that our desire to supply this complete kit or outthe closures may be adjustably secured therefit without change in the outer cylindrical 80 in without obstructing the central portion of shape of the package and in such manner the bore, whereby the contents of the bore that the rolled material forms a protectingmay occupy such central portion. wall for the vessel in which the necessarily The invention consists of a roll of sheet or fluid cementis contained, and in the preferred 3 5 strip material adapted to be unrolled and havform we provide devices for securing the sev- 8 5 ing a cavity in the nature of a bore and cloeral packages from movement. sures separably secured in the end portions of As illustrating the structure in its preferred the cavity and preferably connected together form and method of constructing this packbyawire or equivalent connecting means exage, 5 represents a roll of roofing or other tending along near the wall of the bore and paper or material wound upon itself and hav- 9o adj ustably secured to one of the closures. ing the open center or bore 6. To one end of The invention also consists of a roll of mathe tapering plug 7, which is adapted to tightly terial having an open center or bore, plugs fit in the end of the bore 6,we secure the wire fitting the ends of the bore, and means in the 8 or its equivalent by means of the staples 9 5 nature of a wire attached to one of said plugs and 10, and passing the free end of the wire 5 and extending through said bore near the wall through the bore we secure this plug in one thereof and adj ustably fastened to the outer end thereof. The packages having been preportion of the other of said plugs. viously prepared, we now place the package The invention also consists in such other 11 of tin caps next to the plug 7, then insert novel features of construction and combinathe cylindrical can 12 of cement,which closely I00 fits the bore, and placing the package 13 of nails on the top of the can 12 we insert the plug 14 in the open end of the bore and force the same inward sufficiently to slightly crowd the packages 11, 12, and 13 together to prevent undue movement thereof, the free end of the wire 8 being finally drawn tightly over the top of the plug lat and secured by means of the staples 15 and 16, any suitable wrapper being placed about the whole. The method of opening the package is apparent from the construction.

It is naturally evident that the prime object of the invention is the inclosing within the material 5 of the packages 11, 12, and'l3,

and particularly of protecting the package or can 12 of cement from such injury as would result in leakage and the resultant damage from the fluid cement. This desirable object is made possible by the nature ofthe closures and their connecting means, whereby the central portion of the bore is unobstructed by the connecting means to receive the-packages, the connecting wire or means extending along near the wall of the bore and being positively held from movement toward the axis of the bore by the insertion of the can 12.

The separably-adjustable plugs may be secured in place relatively to each other by other means than those described; but it is A believed that the simplest and most efficient means is that shown and preferred by usnamely, a wire or equivalent connection between the closures, so arranged that the central portion of the bore is left free and unobstructed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent 1. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled and having a central bore, plugs adj ustably fitted into the ends of the bore, and a wire connecting the plugs and adj ustably secured to the outer portion of one plugand extending along the wall of the bore.

2. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled and having a central bore, plugs adj ustably fitted into the ends of the bore, and a wire adjustably secured to the outer surfaces of the plugs and extending be- 7 tween the peripheries of the plugs and the wall of the bore. I

3. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled and having a central bore, tapering plugs adjust ably fitting into the ends of the bore, and a wire bent over and adjustably secured to the outer ends of the plugs and extending between the peripheries of the plugs and the wall of the bore.

4. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled and having a central bore, a wire adj ustably secured to the outer surfaces of the plugs and extending between the peripheries of the plugs and the wall of the bore, and staples secured to said surfaces of the plugs and in engagement with the wire.

5. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled and having a central bore, closures for the ends of the bore, and a wire connecting the two closures and adj ustably secured to one of said closures and extending along the wall of the bore.

6. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to'be unrolled and having a central bore, closures for the ends of said bore, a wire connecting the closures and adjustably secured to one of said closures and means contained within the bore to positively hold the wire approximately against the wall of the bore.

7. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled and having a central bore, closures for the ends of the bore, and a wire connecting said closures and adj ustably secured to one of them, said closures being constructed to support the wire, when adjusted, along the wall of the bore to leave the center unobstructed.

8. A package comprising a roll of material adapted to be unrolled, and having acentral bore; separate closures inserted, one in each end of said bore, and adjustable in distance from each other; and means, adjustable in relation to the inserted closures, for securing said closures in place, whereby packages may be safely held in the cavity between the closures.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. BIRD. JOHN B. HANSOOM. 

